Released 30 years ago
What Means Solid, Traveller?
David Torn · 1996
65 min · 10 tracks · jazz
A mesmerizing blend of avant-garde jazz textures and intricate soundscapes that challenge conventional musical forms.
Top tracks — play these first
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What Means Solid, Traveller? — The title track exemplifies Torn's signature style through its ethereal guitar layers and atmospheric sound design, creating an immersive listening experience.
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Tiny Burns a Bridge — This track features an intricate interplay of rhythm and melody, showcasing Torn's skill in crafting tension and release within his compositions.
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I Will not Be Free... — With its brevity yet profound emotional weight, this piece encapsulates the album's themes of longing and existential reflection, marking a poignant moment.
Moments worth listening for
Where the writing does something specific.
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...til You Are Free
The closing lines shift perspectives to convey a sense of shared liberation that resonates throughout the album's journey.
This moment represents a thematic culmination, contrasting earlier isolation with a newfound sense of connection and hope.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Spell Breaks with the Weather 5:49
- 2 What Means Solid, Traveller? 6:52
- 3 Such Little Mirrors 7:22
- 4 Tiny Burns a Bridge 8:42
- 5 Gidya Hana 7:27
- 6 Each Prince, to His Kingdom, Must Labor to Go 3:58
- 7 Particle Bugs @ Purulia Station / In the Sand of This Day 7:42
- 8 I Will not Be Free... 2:59
- 9 ...til You Are Free 4:25
- 10 Elsewhere, Now Than Waving 10:09
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